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Create a Sun Print

A Sun print of a butterfly and a dragonfly.
Levels
  • Introductory (K-5)
  • Intermediate (6-8)
Heliophysics Big Ideas
  • big_ideas_2.3
NGSS
  • ps1
  • ess1
Heliophysics Topics
  • light
  • electromagnetic_spectrum

Make your own artwork using sunlight and Sun print paper. Sun prints use paper coated with chemicals sensitive to ultraviolet light. When the paper is exposed to ultraviolet light, two molecules react and form a new colorless molecule.